[asterisk-users] Pickup Command not working

[Baji Panchumarti]

 On Nov 7, 2007 11:03 AM, Lutgring, Sam  wrote:

> Thanks for the suggestion.  Everything was there except for the context
> in the Pickup()cmd and that did not fix it.
>
> Watching the cli in debug you can see it dial the **212 and fall
> straight through the first step "exten => _**XXX,1,Pickup(${EXTEN:2})"
> and move to the second step "exten => _**XXX,n,Hangup()" which just
> hangs up the call.

 what happens if you replace the pattern matching expr with  _.XXX

 extension names can be upto 80 chars of alphanum, don't know
 if  *  &  #  are allowed to be included in extension names.

 do a   NoOp(${EXTEN})  to see if you are even reaching the exten
 that you think you are, because a hangup could occur from astrsk
 not knowing where to go.


> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Robert
> Lister
> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 9:24 AM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Pickup Command not working
>
> On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 05:04:50PM -0500, Lutgring, Sam wrote:
> > When I execute a pickup on a ringing phone I get CALL FAILED REASON
> > CODE 603.  I am dialing **212 with the following config.  Anyone have
> > a suggestion?
>
> I am not sure, but in the context where your extensions are, have you
> done:
>
> include => BLF_Group_Pickup
>
> > EXTENSIONS.CONF
> > -snip-
> > [BLF_Group_Pickup]
> > ; Defines how the extension to pick up a ringing phone in your BLF
> > group exten => _**XXX,1,Pickup(${EXTEN:2}) exten => _**XXX,n,Hangup()
> > [BLF] ; Defines a BLF Hint for phones exten => 212,hint,SIP/sam
> > -snip-
>
> This bit should have some "context=" i,e, where your clients are
> dialling, do they have access to the [BLF_Group_Pickup] bits of the dial
> plan?
>
> (I think it can also be set as a default in the [general] part of
> sip.conf  i,e, context=default if not defined in the SIP peer config,
> but for  security reasons, your internal clients should ideally be in a
> separate  context, so you can differentiate between internal and
> external connections  and limit what they can dial.) Mine is called
> "from-client" and then in  each [client] section in sip.conf, I have
> "context=from-client"
>
> You might also have to set the Pickup() command to pickup from the
> correct context, i.e. Pickup(${EXTEN:2}@from-client) if it still doesn't
> work.
>
> > SIP.CONF
> > -snip-
> > [sam]
> > type=friend
> > username=sam
> > fromuser=sam
> > callerid=sam
> > host=dynamic
> > dtmfmode=RFC2833
> > disallow=all
> > allow=ulaw
> > call-limit=20
> > subscribecontext=BLF
>
>
> --